Battery Test Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

Redmond, WAfull time

On Site

entry

$100k–$115k

H1B: no

SpaceX Battery Test Engineer for Starlink satellites responsible for designing and implementing battery test equipment and conducting development tests. This role ensures reliability, safety, and performance of battery systems from single cells to full packs.

Responsibilities

Create test fixturing concepts, fabrication drawings, wiring schematics, and to establish mechanical, thermal, and electrical tests necessary for rapid development of battery packs and cells
Develop and maintain test facilities including abuse testing chambers and vacuum chambers
Establish safety protocols for high voltage applications and various destructive tests of battery cells
Design test fixtures and data acquisition systems
Document test plans, procedures, and results
Provide feedback on system level design trades
Design and analyze structures, fluid systems, and mechanisms
Operate test beds with great attention to detail (tests have very little margin for error, so attention to detail is a crucial and essential characteristic of a development test engineer)
Develop test requirements with the flight engineering team, develop a design solution that meets or exceeds those requirements, and drive the campaign to closure

Qualification

Experience with electrical

Required

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
1+ years of experience in one or more of the following:
Involvement with an extracurricular project team designing and building mechanical fixturing and/or battery systems
Academic research on mechanical structures and batteries
Professional experience designing and analyzing mechanical structures and fixturing

Preferred

Experience with electrical, electrochemical, fluidic, electromechanical, thermal, structural, pneumatic, and vacuum systems
Experience with basic test instrumentation such as current sensors, contactors, pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, strain gauges, accelerometers, flow meters, load cells, relays, solenoid valves, and encoders
Experience with Arbin and Novonix cell cyclers
Experience with Unigraphics (NX) or similar CAD programs
Experience performing finite element analysis (FEA)
Experience with lithium-ion battery handling, safety and usage
Demonstrated understanding of structural and mechanical first principles analysis
Familiarity with battery cell first principles

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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